deplete
Example Sentences
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The fund will be depleted by 2040, 12 years earlier than expected, the independent body said.
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You’re right that your mother’s healthcare needs may deplete much of their savings.
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One chapter focuses on the “depleting, frustrating, resentful boredom” that defined his experience of parenting young children.
A balance-of-payments crisis could happen when sustained demand for a particular currency depleted the U.S. government’s official reserve holdings, thereby threatening the stability of the peg.
Pipeline flows from Norway—Europe’s single largest supplier—have also been strong, calming fears over rapidly depleting inventories.
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